A decision framework for decentralised control of distributed processes: Is blockchain the only solution?

• Main Authors: GRIFFIN, Paul Robert, MEGARGEL, Alan, SHANKARARAMAN, Venky
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Decentralised control; Distributed process; MFT; Messaging; WebAPI; Blockchain; DLT; Business process; Databases and Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4826
• Institution: Singapore Management University

A typical example of a distributed process is trade finance where data and documents are transferred between multiple companies including importers, exporters, carriers and banks. Blockchain is seen as a potential decentralized technology that can be used to automate such distributed processes. Howe...